Ethel L. McGee Holden was born December
4, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri to Ethel May McGee and Aaron Walter McGee.
They were entrusted by God to be the first teachers of her Christian education.
She attended Wendell Philips and R. T. Coles schools, here in Kansas City, Missouri
and later continued her secular and scholar education at Lincoln High Vocational
School.
Mother Holden accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior, at a very young age.
In 1968 she relocated to Chicago, Illinois and united with the Trinity Tower
Spiritual Church were she was baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost.
After answering the call of Almighty God to the ministry, she was ordained
December 14, 1969
at the St. Jude National Congress under Bishop J. B. LaDett and Rev. B. L. Knighton.
While continuing in the ministry of the Word of God, she also sang and traveled
throughout the United States with various gospel groups for more than 30 years.
Upon returning to Kansas City she united with the New Jerusalem Spiritual on
February 13, 1977. At this juncture she served as the assistant pastor under
Chief Apostle N. A. Jones, Pastor of New Jerusalem Spiritual Church.
She was united in matrimony with Brother Clyde Holden on August 6, 1981.
In 1998 she became a member of the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ,
under the leadership of Bishop James D. Tindall, Sr., where her ministry continues.
She was re-ordained on March 29, 2002, at the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ,
Kansas City, Missouri.
She leaves in lasting memory her husband Rev. Clyde Holden, Little Rock, AR,
one step-son, David Clark of Kansas City, Daughter-in-law Vera Clark
of Las Vegas, NV, an a adopted son Elder Trent Hudson, an a adopted daughter
Clarissa Jones, the spiritual mother to Robert J. Mintz, Rev. James Alaxander,
Rev. Leatha Holliday,
and Rev. Charlie Lott, all of Kansas City. The grandmother of seven. Rev.
Holden. was also a spiritual mother and grandmother to a host of other children
that God has blessed into her life.
Her favorite scripture is Roman 1:16:
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
Processional
Soft Music
RitualElder Trent Hudson
Old TestamentRev. Ralph D. Taylor
New TestamentRev. Stella Nathan
PrayerRev. Mother Alice Smith
Song Service Choir
Acknowledgements
and CondolencesSis. Billie Jean Petty
SoloPastor Charlie Lott
Words of Refelection
To Be Read in Silence
SoloSis. Mable Goodin
RemarksChief Apostle Nathalia A. Jones
Pastor of New Jerusalem Spiritual Church.
Rev. Mother Alice Smith
Rev. Lucien B. Smith
Rev. Ivy A. Ganaway
Rev. Cereitha Armstrong
Rev. Monta C. Tindall
Rev. Stella Davis
Rev. Dyanne Harris
Rev. Ralph D. Taylor
Rev. Moncia Thrasher
Rev. Dennis E. Moore
Rev. Mary Payne
Rev. Jean Garrett
Rev. Virgil Brown
Rev. Leotha Holliday
Elder Trent Hudson
Please limit remarks to two minites
Selection
Quitely Speaking
Remarks
Bishop James D. Tindall, Sr.
Holy Commuion
Benidiction
Reviewal
Recessional
Interment
Monday, August 18, 2003
10:00 a.m.
XII gates Memorial Gardens
9500 E. Bannister Rd
Kansas City, Missouri
August 11, 2003